Tulsa Shooting Update: Alvin Watts and Jake England Charged, Bond Set At $10.1 Million Each
Alvin Watts and Jake England have been charged for the shooting rampage in Tulsa, Okla., that has left three dead and two injured. Their bond has been set at $10,160,000 each, the Associated Press reported.
Authorities have charged Watts, 32, and England, 19, with three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of shooting with the intent to kill and one count of possession of a firearm in the commission of a felony.
They were both arraigned in court on Monday and will be back on April 16.
Police have said the suspects are white and the victims are black. However, authorities haven't said that the shootings are racially motivated.
The two men were arrested on Sunday while they were home in Turley, which is north of Tulsa.
Police have told the media that England allegedly used racial slur in a Facebook post the day before the shooting.
Today is two years that my dad has been gone, shot by a f------ n-----. It's hard not to go off between that and Sheran. I'm gone in the head, the post read.
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